"I myself shall continue living in my glass house where you can always see who comes to call, where everything hanging from the the ceiling and on the walls stays where it is as if by magic, where I sleep nights in a glass bed, under glass sheets, where who I am will sooner or later appear etched by a diamond."

-- Andre Breton

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“Man gains wider dominion by his intellect than by his right arm. The mustard-seed of thought is a pregnant treasury of vast results. Like the germ in the Egyptian tombs its vitality never perishes; and its fruit will spring up after it has been buried for long ages.”
“Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.”

Source : "Entertainment exec Peter Guber". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 15, 2011.
“We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation of wood and leaves.”

Source : Robert Fortune (1847). “Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc”, p.85
“Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.”

Source : John Philip Sousa (2010). “Six marches”, p.46, A-R Editions, Inc.
“Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning.”

Source : Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.22, W. W. Norton & Company
“China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I have a responsibility to write about it as I see it.”

Source : "Home truths from the exile". www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2004.
“Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can't move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your replacement.”
“Sometimes I just want to be left alone and be a normal kid for, like, five minutes. That's tough when the paparazzi are chasing you.”

Source : "Kendall Jenner: ‘Keeping up With the Kardashians’ ‘Brought Us Everything We Have’" By Erin Clements, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2013.

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